Filing device for talking-machine records.



A. L. WEIS. v FILING DEVICE FOR TALKING MACHINE RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.20,1918.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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i"- Will A; L. WEIS.

FOR TALKING MACHINE REGOR Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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U I E TATES T NT OFFICE ANDREW LJwEIs, or MONROE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOB 'ro wars MANUFACTURYIIIYTG co,

OF MONROE, MICHIGANfA CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

' rrnme'nnvrcnron TALKING-MACHINE, RECORDS.-

To all whom it may concern; v

Be it known that I,'A1\mimw L. Wins, a citizen of'the United States of America, and resident of Monroe, Monroe county, Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Filing Devices for Talking-Machine Records, of which the followin is a specification.

lVly invention relates to filingdevices in general, but more particularly to those for filing the disk records of talking machines, or other like articles.

Generally stated, the object of my invention is to provide a novel and highly efficient filing device of that kind in which removable guide cards are employed for separating and locating the disks or other contents of the filing device.

Special objects are to provide 'an improved construction and arrangement whereby the guide cards must be flexed for the insertion and removal thereofy to'pro vide an improved construction and arrangement whereby the disksv are readily inserted and removedyand whereby the same are .easilylocated; to. provide afiling device of novel and improved'construction, which can be" conveniently Yhandled; and to provide certain details and features of construction tending toincreasethe general etficiency and serviceability of a filingdevice of this particular character.

To these and other useful ends, myinvention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and'claimed. i

In the accompanying drawings,I*igure 1 is a perspective of the container of a filing device embodying the principles of my in-Y vention, showingoneguide card in place. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the said filingdevice. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 33 in Fig. 2. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 show the four slightly difierent forms of guide card employed in said filing device. Fig.8 is a perspective of the index card employed in said filing device. Fig. 9 is a front elevation of said filing device, showing the same open and the index card hung in place.

As thus illustrated, my invention comprises a rectangular retainer A having end walls a and. a a botton a and sides a and a. The covers B and Care composed of the flexibly connected sections 6 and b hinged to the upper edge of the wall a, and

, Specification of Letters Patent. t te 15,1914 Application filed March 20,1913; Seria1No.755,585. i

the flexibly connected sections '0 and 6 hinged'to the upper edge of; the -wall-d Thefsections and 0 extend upward in continuation of the sides whenthe covers are closed, and the section brests on the section 0, thus forminga flat top for the con tainer. The two covers are locked together by the catch IF, 0'? of any suitable character. The end walla has a ring a fforthe with-' drawal of the container'from a shelf or cabinet. This wall aalso has an interior cleat or rib D, which extends from oneside to the other a dlstance above the bottom. {The guide cards E, F,Gand- H, are all alikefias shown in F igs. 4 to 7 inclusive, except that the tabs 6, f, g and h aredifl'erentlyrlocated,

thus causing these tabs to occupy fourfpar allel rows when the cards are all in place in the container, as shown in Fig.2. Each card has a central depression or notch in its 'a sort of valley, extending along the top or the pack of cards. The cards are arranged 'found neces'sary. Each card has afnotchI in one endthereof, which notches engage'the cleat D to' pre'v'ent the-cards from falling out, should thecontainer beupset while belng handled. By flexing or bendingthe cards all together, and in a manner to draw their opposite ends together, the

pack of cards can be removed or replaced.

.7 upper edge, such as the notches 6 f "g ,'and"h wherebythe disks are exposed by Astlie records are round, itfollows'that the cleat D will never interfere with the use of the filing device,,that.is to say, willnot prevent the full insertion of the records, as the lattercannot catch on said cleat. So, also, the disks, being round, can be as high as the tabs 6,7, g and h, becausethe topsof the records only occupy the; valley at the center ofthe cards, and do not extend between the said tabs, which latter bear the device is closed the index card is disposed .at one side of the index cards. "The corner of the indexcard is cutoff at j to form a tain'e'r, a plurality of guide cards therein,

bevel, which prevents this portion of the card from catching on the oleat D, when the index card is inserted downward in the container.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A disk filing device comprising a container,=.a' plurality of guide cards therein,

provided with index marks, and means for removably holding said cards in place, requiring a flexing ofthe cards for the. insertion and removal thereof, each card being notched to expose the disks, and said cards having index portions disposed in parallel rows at opposite sides of said notches.

2. A disk filing devic comprising a conprovided with index marks, and means for removably holding said cards in place, requiring a flexing of the cards for the insertion and removal thereof, said means being fixed on a vertical wall of the container, .en-

gaging the ends of the cards, adapted to disengage the cards by the flexing thereof, each card being notched to expose the disks, and said cards having index portions disposed in parallel rows at opposite sides of said notches.

with. index marks, and means for removably holding said cards inplace, requiring a fiexsing of the cards for the insertion and removalthereof, each card having its upper edge provided with a tab for the index mark, and with a central notch, whereby all tabs .are disposed laterally of the central row of notches.

5. filing device comprising a container, a plurality. of guide cards therein, provided withindex marks, and means for removably holding said cards in place, requiring a flexing of the cards for the insertion and re- .moval thereof, said cardshaving their up .per edges provided with tabs for said marks, the tabs on two successive cards being disposed out of line with each other atone side of the center of the cards, and the tabs of the next two successive cards being disposed out of line with each other at the other side of said center, whereby a depression is formed between two rows of tabs on one 1 side and two similar rows on the other side,

which depression, exposes to View the articles filed between said cards.

6. A filing device comprising a set of guide cards, and a container therefor, said cards their upper edges provided i b fo g a d m ks, t e a s QIlJ successive cards being disposed out of line with each other at one side of the center of the cards, and the tabsfof the next two successive cards being disposed out of line with guide cards, and a container therefor, each card having its upperedge provided with a tabfor the index mark, and with acentral notch, whereby all tabs are disposed laterally ofthe central row of notches.

8.. A} filing device comprising a set of, guide' cards, and a container therefor, said cards being notched at their upper. edges,

hang on the upper edge of the side wall" of said container.

10. A fihng devlce comprising a set of guide cards, and a container therefor, said container havingfixed front and rear and end Walls, a bottom wall, and covers swingingly connected withthe sidewalls, the end walls extending above the side Walls, and each cover comprising flexibly. connectedtop and. side portions, the side portions extending. upward in continuation of the side walls, when the covers are closed, and the top portions resting one upon the other.

11. A filing device comprising a set of guide cards, and a container therefor, .said container having fixed front and rear end walls, side Walls, a bottom wall, and covers swingingly connected with the side walls, the end walls extendingabove the side walls, and each cover comprising flexiblyconnected top and side portions,the sideportions extending-upward in continuation of the side walls, when the covers are closed, and

the top portions resting one upon the other, in combination with means for locking the two top portions together on top of said end walls. d V I Signed by me at Monroe, Michigan, this 17th day of March, 1913. l I

1 ANDR W L. Wars.

Witnesses:-

ALBERT Gr. WVUEsT, PAUL S. RUMPEL.

( i of this instant may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of rat eats,

Washington, D. G. 

